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Lyuba (given Name)
Ljuba is a Slavic given name. In the Serbian language, it is best known as a masculine name, cognate to Ljubomir or Ljubo. In other Slavic languages it's more often a feminine name (Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian), cognate to Lyubov (name), Lyubov, and also spelled Lyuba (Bulgarian Люба), Luba (Ukrainian and Russian Люба; Czech, Polish), Ľuba (Slovak). The masculine name may refer to: * Ljuba Aličić, Serbian Romani folk singer * Ljuba Brkić, Serbian pianist and piano teacher * Ljuba Čupa, Serbian soldier * Ljuba Jezdić, Serbian lawyer and soldier * Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor The feminine name may refer to: * Ljuba Kristol, Israeli chess grandmaster of Russian origin * Ljuba Prenner, Slovene lawyer and writer (assigned female at birth and a feminine name) * Ljuba Welitsch, Bulgarian actress * Lyuba Mollova, Bulgarian athlete * Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova, Bulgarian archeologist * Luba Blum-Bielicka, Polish nurse and activist * Luba Genush, Canadian artist of Ukraininan ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Given Name
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/'' Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - cute) * Names containing the root of the name of a pagan deities (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventaragis'', ''Veleslava'') A number of names from Slavic roots appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Golovina
Lyubov "Luba" Golovina (russian: Любовь Владимировна Головина; born 20 April 1990) is a Georgian trampoline gymnast Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle position to more co ... of Russian descent who represented Georgia at three Olympiads: at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1990 births Living people Female trampolinists from Georgia (country) Olympic gymnasts of Georgia (country) Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Georgian people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Tbilisi Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in gymnastics European Games silver medalists for Georgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba (singer)
Luba (born Lubomyra Kowalchyk ( uk, Любомира Ковальчук), April 24, 1958) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist from Quebec. She was professionally active from 1980 to 1990, 2000 to 2001 and is active again from 2007 to present. Career Luba performed with the band Zorya, which released a self-titled album in 1973. In the 1980s she was the vocalist for a band named ''Luba'', and in 1980 that band released the album ''Chain Reaction''. Luba later signed as a solo artist under that name. She released three more albums and two EPs. Two of her albums are certified platinum by the Canadian music industry (sales in excess of 100,000 units). She has nine top-40 hits on the Canadian pop charts. Her signature song is "Every time I See Your Picture" (1983). Her most successful song is a cover of Percy Sledge's " When a Man Loves a Woman" which reached No. 6 on the Canadian pop chart and No. 3 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart (1987). Luba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Sterlikova
Luba Sterlikova (Russian: Люба Стерликова ), born in 1956, Moscow, Russia, USSR, is a Russian-American artist, author and art curator. She is best known for her cosmic art works and poster art research. Artist Luba Sterlikova works in a range of mediums (oils, oil pastels, acrylics, installations, video installations) and a variety of subject matter. "Luba Sterlikova art creates a unique model of the Universe in which time and space are not opposites as they become the inner and outer vision. The compositions of the artist, built on spiral structures, consider the reality of a multi-layer fabric. In her creative method, Luba Sterlikova uses universal optics on micro and macro space. The cosmos is energy as the plasma state of matter naturally appears in the works of the artist through stable modules that encode the matrix of life. In her artistic system, Sterlikova addresses issues of the universal understanding of the world integrity under the influence of mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Skořepová
Luba Skořepová (21 September 1923 – 23 December 2016) was a Czech actress. She appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1946 and 2015. Selected filmography * '' Arabela'' (1979, TV series)References External links * 1923 births 2016 deaths Czech film actresses[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Robin Goldsmith
Luba Robin Goldsmith (January 17, 1879 – October 7, 1931) was a Ukrainian-born American physician and clubwoman based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Early life Luba Natalia Robin was born in Uman, Ukraine (then in the Russian Empire), the daughter of Nathaniel Robin and Beatrice Malamud Robin. She moved to the United States with her parents when she was a teen; she attended high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the first woman admitted to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where she finished her medical degree in 1902. She pursued further study at the University of Pennsylvania, and abroad in Vienna and Berlin.Corrine Azen Krause"Luba Robin Goldsmith"''Jewish Women's Archive''. Career In Pittsburgh she was an inspector of the city's tenements from 1903 to 1905,"Memorial Ward to be Dedicated" ''Pittsburgh Press'' (May 29, 1932): 22. via Newspapers.com and worked for improvements in the urban water supply. In 1911, she co-led a committee promoting free scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Mushtuk
Luba Mushtuk (Russian: Люба Муштук; born 14 November 1989) is a Russian dancer and choreographer. Early life Mushtuk was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Career Mushtuk was four-time winner of the Italian Dance Championship and is also an Italian Open Latin Show Dance champion. She came in second place in the European 10 Dance Championships and was a finalist at the Latin European Championships. In 2018, the BBC announced that Mushtuk would join the cast of professional dancers on the British television show ''Strictly Come Dancing''. She won the 2018 Children In Need special with Shane Lynch. She also competed in the 2018 Christmas special, paired with ''EastEnders'' actor and Strictly Come Dancing 2014 contestant, Jake Wood. She danced with Jay Blades for the 2021 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. She danced with Rickie Haywood Williams for the 2022 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. For Series 17 of Strictly, Mushtuk was partnered with rower Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Mirella
Luba (or Ljuba) Mirella (''née'' Ljuba Wagenheim; 13 April 1894, Rostov – 4 March 1972, Milan) was an Italian coloratura soprano of Polish descent. Her name is sometimes given in cast lists as Mirella Luba and Mirella Lubov. Biography Luba Mirella was born in Rostov to a family of Polish musicians who emigrated to Italy during the First World War. She is believed to have made her debut in Russia and subsequently enjoyed a successful career in Italy, appearing widely in the province as well as at the principal opera houses. Her best role on stage was considered Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's ''La bohème'', and she sang this part with great success at the Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Comunale di Bologna and, notably, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1935. At La Scala Mirella also appeared in the 1940/1941 season in Richard Strauss's opera ''Die Frau ohne Schatten''. Outside Italy, she made appearances at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona (in 1929, as Musetta, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Mason
Luba Mason is an American actress, singer, songwriter and dancer. She has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theaters in plays and musicals and television and film. As a singer, she has performed in International Jazz and Music Festivals as well as major jazz and music clubs around the country. Mason has trademarked her own musical format called Mixtura, "a blend of different musical currents." Early life Mason was born Lubica Anna Christina Gregusova to Rudolph and Ellen GregusNick Orlando, BWW Interviews: "Capeman's Luba Mason", March 8, 2010 a first-generation American of Slovak descent on July 26, 1960. She grew up in Palisades, NY, graduating from Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg, NY in 1979. At Tappan Zee High School she performed in many of the Drama Department's theatrical productions, including ''Gypsy'' (in the role of Louise), ''Kismet'', ''Dracula'', ''Don't Drink the Water,'' ''Anything Goes'', and ''Cabaret''. She studied classical piano for 12 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Marks
Luba Marks (November 28, 1921 – July 5, 2020) was a Bulgarian-born French-American fashion designer of Russian descent specializing in sportswear from the 1950s to the 1980s. Prior to this, under the name Lubov Roudenko, she was a former soloist for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the late 1930s and early 1940s, afterwards performing on Broadway throughout the 1940s. Early life Lubou Rodenko was born 28 November 1921 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to Russian parents. Her father, Nicholas, had been an officer in the Russian Imperial Guard, and following the Russian Revolution, he and his wife became refugees while the rest of their family were killed. They moved to Paris, where Nicholas Rodenko ran a Russian restaurant until it was forced to close following the 1932 assassination of President Paul Doumer by a Russian émigré. Following this, the family relied on Luba's skill as a dancer to help them, with Luba later recollecting "There were times when I had to win first place in a contes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Lukova
Luba Lukova is an American visual artist, known for her thought-provoking images and expressive poster designs. Her work has won international acclaim, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Denver Art Museum, the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. Biography Lukova was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. She moved to the United States in 1991, after traveling to participate in the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition; shortly thereafter, she was hired by the New York Times Book Review and established her studio in New York City. Lukova's work is exhibited around the world and has won many awards including: Grand Prix Savignac at the International Poster Salon in Paris, ICOGRADA Excellence Award, and Reisman Foundation Award. She holds an honorary doctoral degree from the Art Institute of Boston. Work Lukova is kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luba Lowery
Luba Lowery is a Russian-born American paralympic athlete. Lowery represented the United States in the 2010 Paralympic Games. Lowery has been involved in both competitive skiing and swimming. Biography Lowery was born in Russia and was adopted when she was four years old. She grew up in Cumberland, Maine. When she was eight years old, because of a congenital bone defect, Proximal Focal Femoral Disorder (PFFD), her right leg was amputated. Lowery attended Gould Academy. Lowery represented the United States in the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver. She took seventh place in the slalom and ninth place in the giant slalom. Lowery's first open-water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ... race took place in 2015, where she came in 42nd in women's times and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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